The crisis took place on the Suez Canal in Egypt during the Cold War years of the 1950s. Gamal Abdel-Nasser was in charge of Egypt in 1954. He wanted to improve conditions in Egypt, and so he decided to build the Aswan High Dam. To finance the construction of the dam he took over the Suez Canal and charged for every passage that crossed it. The British, French and Israelis, who strongly opposed the idea, used this as a reason to attack Egypt. Canada refused to participate in the Suez Canal crisis, “this action was a symbolic gesture that showed both England and the world that Canada was now a fully autonomous nation with total control of its foreign policy” (http: //mrmillerss11.blogspot.ca /2010/02/feb-24-canadas-autonomy-timeline.html) . To stop any violence that would soon rape Lester. B.Pearson came up with the idea of ​​“peacekeeping”. He stated: "We are now emerging into an era in which different civilizations will have to learn to live side by side in peaceful exchange, learning from each other, studying each other's history and ideals, art and culture , mutually enriching each other's lives." His peacekeeping idea pleased many people, and thus earned him an international reputation, a few years later he won the Nobel Peace Prize. In the CBC news it is said that Pearson; “He had also realized his dream of giving Canada an independent place in the world